Death Be Not Proud
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A/N: Well I decided that I needed a creepy Halloween Story, if Beast isn't creepy enough when it wants to be! Anyways, this is a one or two chappy story, haven't quite decided yet, but it's worth the read. Enjoy! BTW you won't know what's going on until the very end.........Hee hee hee...........
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Kagome stretched as she sat up in bed, joints in her arms popping as she rolled her muscles out. Her window was open, blowing the crisp autumn air and a few stray leaves into her room. Her homework lay strewn messily about her desk, a copy of Les Miserables sitting in an askew position on her floor.
What a night! Inuyasha had been so sweet! He had taken her to a romantic restaurant, and they had gone dancing! It was just marvelous! Who'dve thought that she, Kagome Higurashi, would be the long term girlfriend of the school's most sought after bachelor........she sighed in contentment, a large smile lighting up her face as she sucked in a huge breath of the sharp and refreshing air. It felt soo good to.......wait a minute? She turned around to look at the Star Wars calendar behind her head. It was MONDAY?!
"CRAPIT I'm gonna be LATE!" she screeched, making a dash for her bathroom. How could she have forgotten to set her alarm? I mean she got home at a reasonable hour last night.......wait.......she paused, her night shirt half off her head. When had she gotten home? For some strange reason, she couldn't remember anything after Inuyasha had escorted her off the dance floor, and to his cherry red convertible. Shaking her head, she decided it would have to wait. It was already eight thirty as it was! First period would be over in an hour!
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Kagome tore into the school building, socks uneven and shoes untied, her jeans wrinkled and her only clean polo shirt on. Her hair was pulled into a messy ponytail, her silver hoop earrings were different sizes, and her mascara had smeared onto her face. With a screech she slammed on brakes at her locker, her hands flying as she whirled the combination into its old and worn lock. It opened with a click, and her hands flew in to familiar territory to grab her science book. However, her hands encountered empty space. There was nothing there.
Astounded, she opened her locker wider. Where there should have been pictures of she and Inuyasha at the fair, and she and her friends at birthday parties, there was a blank space. All her embellishments, all her little stickers and her mini-bulletin board, even her locker mirror was gone! Her books had seemingly melted into thin air, and not a trace of paper, or the scraps of the local newspaper that had featured Inuyasha and his prowess at kendo or martial arts were to be found. Even her prized picture of herself at the archery competition was gone. Was this some kind of sick joke? Who would take all her stuff?
With a sigh of frustration, she almost screamed when she realized that she'd have to run if she wanted to make it to first period before it ended. Late and unprepared? Boy was she in for it! With a sigh of exasperation, she tore off down the hallway towards her Biology class, dreading the worst.
When she finally reached the other side of the building, she opened the class room door silently, thanking the lord that the door to her classroom was inside the cloak room, which allowed her the good fortune to enter without disrupting the class. She tip-toed in, her scary mullet-headed teacher was graciously standing with her back to Kagome's entering form, which gave her time to scramble to her seat. Suprisingly, none of her fellow classmates turned to stare as they normally did, thankfully. She didn't think she could handle the malicious whispers that always came her way.
Just as she made it to her seat, her teacher turned around, looking straight at her, shaking her head in a slightly dissaproving way, "tsk, tsking" as she stared at Kagome evilly. With a gulp, Kagome hastily dropped her purse on the ground and bowed, a hurried apology rushing out of her lips "Gomen nasai sensei! I woke late this morning, and for some reason I can't find any of my school things, my locker has been mysteriously emptied." Her voice took on a sarcastic tone as she turned to look towards Inuyasha's seat, expecting him to be smirking at her devilishly, having taken her things out of her locker just to catch her alone after class.
He wasn't there.
Just as soon as she voiced her apologies, her teacher turned around and began teaching again, and much to the happiness of Kagome, never mentioned a word to her about her tardiness or her lack of preparedness for school. What a relief! That could have ruined her already terrible Monday. With a growl of frustration she turned to her best friend Eri to ask her for a piece of paper.
"Eri, Eri-chan!" she whispered, trying not to dig a hole too deep to bury herself in. Her friend, however, didn't even look her way. She called out to her again, "Eriiiii! I need to borrow a piece of paper, and a pencil if you happen to have one." she murmured. Eri never once looked her way.
"What is this?! Ignore-your-best-friend day?" she hissed, face beginning to flush with anger. She took a small piece of paper, probably a previously shot paper football and chucked it in her friend's direction. It struck home, bouncing off of Eri's jean jacket clad shoulder. With a start, Eri jumped, turning quickly in Kagome's direction. To Kagome's surprise, Eri's eyes were filled with tears, and her face had rivulets of water running down it. Why was Eri crying?
To her shock Eri murmered her name in a choked voice, almost a slight wail, "Ka....Kagome....."
Kagome was freaked out to say the least. Had Hojo broken up with her? What was wrong? She reached over to pat Eri on the arm, but in her distress she never turned towards her comforter, just shivered as if she was cold. "Eri? Eri? Why are you crying? Is it because of Hojo?"
Most likely, that was the cause. Hojo was so dense, he couldn't find his way out of a paper bag. With a disgruntled sigh, she tried to comfort Eri, but it only seemed to be making her sob all the louder. With a vicious snarl, the mulleted teacher turned around, black demon eyes blazing in the night as she snapped a violent "Ms. Eri Takawara COMPOSE your self IMMEDIATELY!" The rest of the silently studying class jumped, turning to stare at Eri, trying to figure out what the perfect student had done wrong.
Eri hicupped, and nodded briefly, shying away from Kagome's touch and retreating back into the corner of her chair. Burying her self deep in the large paperback book she had brought with her to school today. Kagome leaned over to read the title "Reincarnation". That was strange. Eri never read anything like that. Why would she now?
Puzzled Kagome turned around to listen to the lecture, barely paying attention to the evil hair-do no-no at the front of the room, her lecture on osmosis drifting in one of her ears and out the other. Even though she had arrived at school with only fifteen minutes left in her science class, it still seemed to drag on forever. She watched the clock, her eyes following every second as she almost screamed for the minute hand to click forward one last time.
"Success!" she squealed less than thirty seconds later as the bell rang, it's sharp tone startling the other students about her from their torture- induced stupors. She tore out of the classroom like the devil was on her heels, heading for Inuyasha's locker to see if he had skipped first period, which he was prone to do often.
She had a fifteen minute break between Biology and AP Calculus, so she decided that spending her time looking for Inuyasha might not be a bad idea. She just couldn't wait to see him! She KNEW he had to be the one behind her missing books, who else knew her combination? Except for the janitors of course, but why would they take her books out of her locker?
Shrugging her shoulders she took off towards the shop hall, where Inu's locker was. Crossing multiple dangerous lanes of people-traffic, she ended up where she needed to be in a matter of three minutes. She turned the corner, expecting to see Inuyasha and his older brother Sesshoumaru lounging against the wall with cool expressions on their faces, happily enjoying their extra hour of free time surrounded by their friends.
However, the hallway was empty. A few of the seniors that hung out with Sesshoumaru, like Kagura and Bankotsu were sitting on the floor making a card. She walked up behind them to see them cutting out pictures of Inuyasha and pasting them on a large, well decorated purple piece of poster- board. On the front was "We Love You Sesshoumaru! Come back to school soon!" Many signatures from kids of all grades were messily slopped on the card, along with almost illegible messages of some foreign nature. Rolling her eyes in exasperation, Kagome walked away from the idiots, deciding to head towards the kendo practice courts, in hopes that she might see her beloved Inuyasha before she headed off towards the second most evil class in school, AP Calculus......Twitching in trepidation she thought about all the work she was still having to make up from when she was out sick with that cold two weeks before. Inuyasha had been so sweet.
He had taken the day off of school and come over to her house to cuddle with her on the couch, fixing her chicken noodle soup and pampering her all day. He massaged her back, and even watched 'A Walk to Remember' with her. It had been one of those good days, the kinds that you didn't want to end. He got her medicine, and even took her to the doctor later that afternoon. He was just too good to her. She was so lucky to have him. She blushed as she remembered his sweet little kisses he just loved to peck on her when she wasn't expecting it, or the roses he used to hide in her locker before they were going out. Giggling and blushing furiously, she took off down the halls once more, crossing her fingers that he'd be out there on the courts, all good looking without his shirt on as he practiced his routines for the Inter-High School Kendo Championships that were coming up later this fall.
Checking her watch, she realized that she'd have to hustle, Calculus was starting in seven minutes! Turning on the gas, she darted out the nearest school exit so she could make a dash to the kendo courts without being stopped by any fussy administrators. Tearing around the Garden Club's building, she rushed towards the sound of practice swords clacking together viciously. She KNEW he was out here!
She tore around the corner, chest heaving as she tried to let her breathing catch up with her heart beat. It seemed like she couldn't suck in enough oxygen. She looked up excitedly, eyes ready to gaze upon her lovely Inuyasha. To her surprise however, Inuyasha wasn't one of the people sparring. His battered wooden sword he had dubbed "Tetsusaiga" still hung on its hooks in the back of the dojo. "That's strange...." she whispered, "Wouldn't he have called me if he was sick?"
Shaking her head, she checked her watch again. Only two minutes till Calculus, and her classroom was on the other side of the school! With a screech of fear, she flew off in the general direction of her Calculus class, praying to God that she'd make it on time. She already had one tardy today! Getting another one would most likely result in a call home to her mother! Giving a slight 'eep' of terror, she careened up the nearest stair case and put on the gas at the top, skidding into her room just as the bell rang.
Luckily, her teacher wasn't in the room to see her haphazard entrance, he was talking to another teacher out in the hall, both were dressed extremely nice, and were shaking their heads in a solemn manner. Kagome shivered as an eerie feeling washed over her. Something about school today was just off. Maybe it was the fact that she had eaten one of those nasty Honey Nut Cheerio breakfast bars before school. They weren't very appetizing, and the certainly did NOT taste like cheerios. With a sigh of boredom, she settled herself in her seat, pulling out her hooded sweatshirt from her mammoth bag she called a "purse", which she used to carry her books in, so she could get away with school restrictions against book bags.
She almost moaned aloud when her teacher walked through the door. She just couldn't put up with Calculus today........with a sigh she slumped her head on her desk, dropping into a deep and dark world of slumber.
She dreamed of she and Inuyasha's date the night before.
He had showed up before seven in his red Mustang, looking sexy as ever in a pair of dress pants and a dress shirt. His long black hair had been pulled into a loose pony tail, and his amber eyes had shown fiercely in the dusky light of the setting sun. Her floor length renaissance styled dress in its deep burgundy color had set off her blue eyes spectacularly, her dainty little feet clad in high lace up stiletto sandals. Inuyasha had beamed, running up the stairs that led to her shrine and lifting her up in his arms, twirling her around as she had laughed uproariously. He had kissed her passionately on the lips, and picked her up bridal style and carried her down the stairs while she screamed at him to put her down.
It was just like Inuyasha to do that.
He had opened the door for her, and had gently placed her in her seat while she blushed prettily, his hands trailing up her arms to encircle her face, his face sliding closer to hers as he whispered "You look beautiful tonight........" in her ear, his lips gently touching her neck and trailing up her cheeks. His lips had touched her chin, and he had allowed them to slide upwards as he nibbled on her lower lip gently. She slipped her face downwards, unable to take the sweet torture anymore, and kissed him. The taste of his lips, his mouth...She had closed her eyes in ecstasy and she had just brought her hands up to rest in his thick black hair when a cry of, "Get a room!" from her little brother and his friend came from atop the walls of the shrine. She recalled her mad grab for her purse as she had flung it high, and the wonderful satisfaction of watching her brother fall backwards in bliss. It had been a perfect shot.......too bad it had ruined her new make up case.
Inuyasha had laughed his butt off as he drove down the highway, "I wish I had had a camera Kagome......." he had chortled. "What a picture that would have made! What would the girls in archery think?" Even Kagome had to laugh at that, the bell-like sound erupting from her lips like a sweet melody.
Inuyasha hadn't told her where they were going, so when he had pulled up outside of the fanciest restaurant in town, 'The Skyway'. Kagome had almost screamed with joy. He had already ordered for them, and they had eaten on the open rooftop of a sky rise in Tokyo, the cool air and great music bringing many dancers out on the large stain glass floor that looked down on the massive indoor greenhouse below. The lobster Inuyasha had ordered was delicious. Perfectly prepared, and desert.......wow. She had never eaten chocolate that good before.......It had melted in her mouth in a swirl of magnificent flavor. The two of them had topped it off with a small glass of wine, and then......they had danced.
The charisma with which they moved, of two people who were so in tune that they were one......awed the other dancers. The center of the floor magically opened as other couples stopped to stare at the two young lovers who swirled so gracefully beneath the full autumn moon, which rose in a brilliant orange hue. It had been.......perfect. Her arms around him, his around her.......the two of them, perfectly in sync in that one moment for the rest of time. His sweet whisper of "Kagome......I love you." barely reaching her ears as she rested her head on his shoulder. He was everything to her, everything. The very reason she got up and went to school in the morning. He was her future. She tightened her hold on him, as smile lighting up her face as she held him tight. This night.....was perfect.
The dream continued as it had started, quickly, and all in a rush, as if her mind was trying to catch up with something. It seemed like the world she had leisurely enjoyed with her sweetheart the night before was warping into a black nightmare. The car.......what was wrong with the car? They had left the restaurant.........and were going home the back way.......where there.......something was happening........The car......the car had stalled........
Someone was screaming her name, and a roaring sound filled her ears as she struggled to pull herself free from the car. Why was she struggling? What was the sound? She turned to see Inuyasha right beside her, a small scratch on his face as he pulled her into a hard embrace, "I won't leave you Kagome, I won't!" he yelled, tears staining his face.
What was going on? What was...........BLLLLAAANNNNGGGG! Kagome jumped upright with a start, what in the world was that? What was that dream? Was it a premonition of the future? She shook her head as she realized that the noise she had heard in her dream must have been that infernal bell signaling her release from the heck-hole they called Calculus. Shaking her head as if to rid herself of the strange dream, she picked up her things, the uneasy feeling she had felt earlier intensifying.
What was up today? Why did she feel so off? And why was that dream bothering her so much?
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A/N: Heya folks, Lunar Kitty again! Can you believe I came out with another fic already? I was just talking about the idea for this fic with my beta Lizbet and she said it'd make an awesome story, and I decided I'd write it. Sorry Inuyasha's not really a focal point in the story yet, he'll come in more later, I promise. I wish I could get some more reviews for Life after Death (cough::hint::cough) What is it with me and my obsession with death titles? Death be not Proud, Life after Death? Am I obsessed? No, not really, but you'd think I was with the way I kill people and make people suffer in Beast.....and yes there is another chapter of that coming out soon. Bec was very angry when she read that I killed a certain person who is a main character in the series quite brutally. (I don't wanna say his name cuz I don't want to spoil it for anybody who hasn't read it) This story isn't going to be very long, only a few chapters. It'll be the first fanfiction I've ever written and finished. It should be done before Halloween, because I think three or four chapters are gonna do it for this one. It's pretty short, and I've already got my ending figured and planned out w/ my betas, who are growing rapidly in number.....I've gotten my friend Melissa into reading this story too. She's kinda like an un-official beta reader. I think I'm gonna get my mom to read it too, to see what she thinks! I probably won't post this today (the fourteenth) because it's too late, and too many people will update after me, and then when my story finally shows up tomorrow, hah! It'll be on the second page and no one will read it..........there's a prime time for story posting ya know! Just so you'll know the evil biology teacher (I'm gonna KILL MY SISTER! She just called me SHORTY! Urgh! She's MY LITTLE SISTER, and she's TALLER THAN I AM, and STILL in MIDDLE SCHOOL! It's sooooo not fair.......) is based on MY real Biology teacher, who's evil incarnate I tell ya.
A/N: Well I decided that I needed a creepy Halloween Story, if Beast isn't creepy enough when it wants to be! Anyways, this is a one or two chappy story, haven't quite decided yet, but it's worth the read. Enjoy! BTW you won't know what's going on until the very end.........Hee hee hee...........
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Kagome stretched as she sat up in bed, joints in her arms popping as she rolled her muscles out. Her window was open, blowing the crisp autumn air and a few stray leaves into her room. Her homework lay strewn messily about her desk, a copy of Les Miserables sitting in an askew position on her floor.
What a night! Inuyasha had been so sweet! He had taken her to a romantic restaurant, and they had gone dancing! It was just marvelous! Who'dve thought that she, Kagome Higurashi, would be the long term girlfriend of the school's most sought after bachelor........she sighed in contentment, a large smile lighting up her face as she sucked in a huge breath of the sharp and refreshing air. It felt soo good to.......wait a minute? She turned around to look at the Star Wars calendar behind her head. It was MONDAY?!
"CRAPIT I'm gonna be LATE!" she screeched, making a dash for her bathroom. How could she have forgotten to set her alarm? I mean she got home at a reasonable hour last night.......wait.......she paused, her night shirt half off her head. When had she gotten home? For some strange reason, she couldn't remember anything after Inuyasha had escorted her off the dance floor, and to his cherry red convertible. Shaking her head, she decided it would have to wait. It was already eight thirty as it was! First period would be over in an hour!
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Kagome tore into the school building, socks uneven and shoes untied, her jeans wrinkled and her only clean polo shirt on. Her hair was pulled into a messy ponytail, her silver hoop earrings were different sizes, and her mascara had smeared onto her face. With a screech she slammed on brakes at her locker, her hands flying as she whirled the combination into its old and worn lock. It opened with a click, and her hands flew in to familiar territory to grab her science book. However, her hands encountered empty space. There was nothing there.
Astounded, she opened her locker wider. Where there should have been pictures of she and Inuyasha at the fair, and she and her friends at birthday parties, there was a blank space. All her embellishments, all her little stickers and her mini-bulletin board, even her locker mirror was gone! Her books had seemingly melted into thin air, and not a trace of paper, or the scraps of the local newspaper that had featured Inuyasha and his prowess at kendo or martial arts were to be found. Even her prized picture of herself at the archery competition was gone. Was this some kind of sick joke? Who would take all her stuff?
With a sigh of frustration, she almost screamed when she realized that she'd have to run if she wanted to make it to first period before it ended. Late and unprepared? Boy was she in for it! With a sigh of exasperation, she tore off down the hallway towards her Biology class, dreading the worst.
When she finally reached the other side of the building, she opened the class room door silently, thanking the lord that the door to her classroom was inside the cloak room, which allowed her the good fortune to enter without disrupting the class. She tip-toed in, her scary mullet-headed teacher was graciously standing with her back to Kagome's entering form, which gave her time to scramble to her seat. Suprisingly, none of her fellow classmates turned to stare as they normally did, thankfully. She didn't think she could handle the malicious whispers that always came her way.
Just as she made it to her seat, her teacher turned around, looking straight at her, shaking her head in a slightly dissaproving way, "tsk, tsking" as she stared at Kagome evilly. With a gulp, Kagome hastily dropped her purse on the ground and bowed, a hurried apology rushing out of her lips "Gomen nasai sensei! I woke late this morning, and for some reason I can't find any of my school things, my locker has been mysteriously emptied." Her voice took on a sarcastic tone as she turned to look towards Inuyasha's seat, expecting him to be smirking at her devilishly, having taken her things out of her locker just to catch her alone after class.
He wasn't there.
Just as soon as she voiced her apologies, her teacher turned around and began teaching again, and much to the happiness of Kagome, never mentioned a word to her about her tardiness or her lack of preparedness for school. What a relief! That could have ruined her already terrible Monday. With a growl of frustration she turned to her best friend Eri to ask her for a piece of paper.
"Eri, Eri-chan!" she whispered, trying not to dig a hole too deep to bury herself in. Her friend, however, didn't even look her way. She called out to her again, "Eriiiii! I need to borrow a piece of paper, and a pencil if you happen to have one." she murmured. Eri never once looked her way.
"What is this?! Ignore-your-best-friend day?" she hissed, face beginning to flush with anger. She took a small piece of paper, probably a previously shot paper football and chucked it in her friend's direction. It struck home, bouncing off of Eri's jean jacket clad shoulder. With a start, Eri jumped, turning quickly in Kagome's direction. To Kagome's surprise, Eri's eyes were filled with tears, and her face had rivulets of water running down it. Why was Eri crying?
To her shock Eri murmered her name in a choked voice, almost a slight wail, "Ka....Kagome....."
Kagome was freaked out to say the least. Had Hojo broken up with her? What was wrong? She reached over to pat Eri on the arm, but in her distress she never turned towards her comforter, just shivered as if she was cold. "Eri? Eri? Why are you crying? Is it because of Hojo?"
Most likely, that was the cause. Hojo was so dense, he couldn't find his way out of a paper bag. With a disgruntled sigh, she tried to comfort Eri, but it only seemed to be making her sob all the louder. With a vicious snarl, the mulleted teacher turned around, black demon eyes blazing in the night as she snapped a violent "Ms. Eri Takawara COMPOSE your self IMMEDIATELY!" The rest of the silently studying class jumped, turning to stare at Eri, trying to figure out what the perfect student had done wrong.
Eri hicupped, and nodded briefly, shying away from Kagome's touch and retreating back into the corner of her chair. Burying her self deep in the large paperback book she had brought with her to school today. Kagome leaned over to read the title "Reincarnation". That was strange. Eri never read anything like that. Why would she now?
Puzzled Kagome turned around to listen to the lecture, barely paying attention to the evil hair-do no-no at the front of the room, her lecture on osmosis drifting in one of her ears and out the other. Even though she had arrived at school with only fifteen minutes left in her science class, it still seemed to drag on forever. She watched the clock, her eyes following every second as she almost screamed for the minute hand to click forward one last time.
"Success!" she squealed less than thirty seconds later as the bell rang, it's sharp tone startling the other students about her from their torture- induced stupors. She tore out of the classroom like the devil was on her heels, heading for Inuyasha's locker to see if he had skipped first period, which he was prone to do often.
She had a fifteen minute break between Biology and AP Calculus, so she decided that spending her time looking for Inuyasha might not be a bad idea. She just couldn't wait to see him! She KNEW he had to be the one behind her missing books, who else knew her combination? Except for the janitors of course, but why would they take her books out of her locker?
Shrugging her shoulders she took off towards the shop hall, where Inu's locker was. Crossing multiple dangerous lanes of people-traffic, she ended up where she needed to be in a matter of three minutes. She turned the corner, expecting to see Inuyasha and his older brother Sesshoumaru lounging against the wall with cool expressions on their faces, happily enjoying their extra hour of free time surrounded by their friends.
However, the hallway was empty. A few of the seniors that hung out with Sesshoumaru, like Kagura and Bankotsu were sitting on the floor making a card. She walked up behind them to see them cutting out pictures of Inuyasha and pasting them on a large, well decorated purple piece of poster- board. On the front was "We Love You Sesshoumaru! Come back to school soon!" Many signatures from kids of all grades were messily slopped on the card, along with almost illegible messages of some foreign nature. Rolling her eyes in exasperation, Kagome walked away from the idiots, deciding to head towards the kendo practice courts, in hopes that she might see her beloved Inuyasha before she headed off towards the second most evil class in school, AP Calculus......Twitching in trepidation she thought about all the work she was still having to make up from when she was out sick with that cold two weeks before. Inuyasha had been so sweet.
He had taken the day off of school and come over to her house to cuddle with her on the couch, fixing her chicken noodle soup and pampering her all day. He massaged her back, and even watched 'A Walk to Remember' with her. It had been one of those good days, the kinds that you didn't want to end. He got her medicine, and even took her to the doctor later that afternoon. He was just too good to her. She was so lucky to have him. She blushed as she remembered his sweet little kisses he just loved to peck on her when she wasn't expecting it, or the roses he used to hide in her locker before they were going out. Giggling and blushing furiously, she took off down the halls once more, crossing her fingers that he'd be out there on the courts, all good looking without his shirt on as he practiced his routines for the Inter-High School Kendo Championships that were coming up later this fall.
Checking her watch, she realized that she'd have to hustle, Calculus was starting in seven minutes! Turning on the gas, she darted out the nearest school exit so she could make a dash to the kendo courts without being stopped by any fussy administrators. Tearing around the Garden Club's building, she rushed towards the sound of practice swords clacking together viciously. She KNEW he was out here!
She tore around the corner, chest heaving as she tried to let her breathing catch up with her heart beat. It seemed like she couldn't suck in enough oxygen. She looked up excitedly, eyes ready to gaze upon her lovely Inuyasha. To her surprise however, Inuyasha wasn't one of the people sparring. His battered wooden sword he had dubbed "Tetsusaiga" still hung on its hooks in the back of the dojo. "That's strange...." she whispered, "Wouldn't he have called me if he was sick?"
Shaking her head, she checked her watch again. Only two minutes till Calculus, and her classroom was on the other side of the school! With a screech of fear, she flew off in the general direction of her Calculus class, praying to God that she'd make it on time. She already had one tardy today! Getting another one would most likely result in a call home to her mother! Giving a slight 'eep' of terror, she careened up the nearest stair case and put on the gas at the top, skidding into her room just as the bell rang.
Luckily, her teacher wasn't in the room to see her haphazard entrance, he was talking to another teacher out in the hall, both were dressed extremely nice, and were shaking their heads in a solemn manner. Kagome shivered as an eerie feeling washed over her. Something about school today was just off. Maybe it was the fact that she had eaten one of those nasty Honey Nut Cheerio breakfast bars before school. They weren't very appetizing, and the certainly did NOT taste like cheerios. With a sigh of boredom, she settled herself in her seat, pulling out her hooded sweatshirt from her mammoth bag she called a "purse", which she used to carry her books in, so she could get away with school restrictions against book bags.
She almost moaned aloud when her teacher walked through the door. She just couldn't put up with Calculus today........with a sigh she slumped her head on her desk, dropping into a deep and dark world of slumber.
She dreamed of she and Inuyasha's date the night before.
He had showed up before seven in his red Mustang, looking sexy as ever in a pair of dress pants and a dress shirt. His long black hair had been pulled into a loose pony tail, and his amber eyes had shown fiercely in the dusky light of the setting sun. Her floor length renaissance styled dress in its deep burgundy color had set off her blue eyes spectacularly, her dainty little feet clad in high lace up stiletto sandals. Inuyasha had beamed, running up the stairs that led to her shrine and lifting her up in his arms, twirling her around as she had laughed uproariously. He had kissed her passionately on the lips, and picked her up bridal style and carried her down the stairs while she screamed at him to put her down.
It was just like Inuyasha to do that.
He had opened the door for her, and had gently placed her in her seat while she blushed prettily, his hands trailing up her arms to encircle her face, his face sliding closer to hers as he whispered "You look beautiful tonight........" in her ear, his lips gently touching her neck and trailing up her cheeks. His lips had touched her chin, and he had allowed them to slide upwards as he nibbled on her lower lip gently. She slipped her face downwards, unable to take the sweet torture anymore, and kissed him. The taste of his lips, his mouth...She had closed her eyes in ecstasy and she had just brought her hands up to rest in his thick black hair when a cry of, "Get a room!" from her little brother and his friend came from atop the walls of the shrine. She recalled her mad grab for her purse as she had flung it high, and the wonderful satisfaction of watching her brother fall backwards in bliss. It had been a perfect shot.......too bad it had ruined her new make up case.
Inuyasha had laughed his butt off as he drove down the highway, "I wish I had had a camera Kagome......." he had chortled. "What a picture that would have made! What would the girls in archery think?" Even Kagome had to laugh at that, the bell-like sound erupting from her lips like a sweet melody.
Inuyasha hadn't told her where they were going, so when he had pulled up outside of the fanciest restaurant in town, 'The Skyway'. Kagome had almost screamed with joy. He had already ordered for them, and they had eaten on the open rooftop of a sky rise in Tokyo, the cool air and great music bringing many dancers out on the large stain glass floor that looked down on the massive indoor greenhouse below. The lobster Inuyasha had ordered was delicious. Perfectly prepared, and desert.......wow. She had never eaten chocolate that good before.......It had melted in her mouth in a swirl of magnificent flavor. The two of them had topped it off with a small glass of wine, and then......they had danced.
The charisma with which they moved, of two people who were so in tune that they were one......awed the other dancers. The center of the floor magically opened as other couples stopped to stare at the two young lovers who swirled so gracefully beneath the full autumn moon, which rose in a brilliant orange hue. It had been.......perfect. Her arms around him, his around her.......the two of them, perfectly in sync in that one moment for the rest of time. His sweet whisper of "Kagome......I love you." barely reaching her ears as she rested her head on his shoulder. He was everything to her, everything. The very reason she got up and went to school in the morning. He was her future. She tightened her hold on him, as smile lighting up her face as she held him tight. This night.....was perfect.
The dream continued as it had started, quickly, and all in a rush, as if her mind was trying to catch up with something. It seemed like the world she had leisurely enjoyed with her sweetheart the night before was warping into a black nightmare. The car.......what was wrong with the car? They had left the restaurant.........and were going home the back way.......where there.......something was happening........The car......the car had stalled........
Someone was screaming her name, and a roaring sound filled her ears as she struggled to pull herself free from the car. Why was she struggling? What was the sound? She turned to see Inuyasha right beside her, a small scratch on his face as he pulled her into a hard embrace, "I won't leave you Kagome, I won't!" he yelled, tears staining his face.
What was going on? What was...........BLLLLAAANNNNGGGG! Kagome jumped upright with a start, what in the world was that? What was that dream? Was it a premonition of the future? She shook her head as she realized that the noise she had heard in her dream must have been that infernal bell signaling her release from the heck-hole they called Calculus. Shaking her head as if to rid herself of the strange dream, she picked up her things, the uneasy feeling she had felt earlier intensifying.
What was up today? Why did she feel so off? And why was that dream bothering her so much?
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A/N: Heya folks, Lunar Kitty again! Can you believe I came out with another fic already? I was just talking about the idea for this fic with my beta Lizbet and she said it'd make an awesome story, and I decided I'd write it. Sorry Inuyasha's not really a focal point in the story yet, he'll come in more later, I promise. I wish I could get some more reviews for Life after Death (cough::hint::cough) What is it with me and my obsession with death titles? Death be not Proud, Life after Death? Am I obsessed? No, not really, but you'd think I was with the way I kill people and make people suffer in Beast.....and yes there is another chapter of that coming out soon. Bec was very angry when she read that I killed a certain person who is a main character in the series quite brutally. (I don't wanna say his name cuz I don't want to spoil it for anybody who hasn't read it) This story isn't going to be very long, only a few chapters. It'll be the first fanfiction I've ever written and finished. It should be done before Halloween, because I think three or four chapters are gonna do it for this one. It's pretty short, and I've already got my ending figured and planned out w/ my betas, who are growing rapidly in number.....I've gotten my friend Melissa into reading this story too. She's kinda like an un-official beta reader. I think I'm gonna get my mom to read it too, to see what she thinks! I probably won't post this today (the fourteenth) because it's too late, and too many people will update after me, and then when my story finally shows up tomorrow, hah! It'll be on the second page and no one will read it..........there's a prime time for story posting ya know! Just so you'll know the evil biology teacher (I'm gonna KILL MY SISTER! She just called me SHORTY! Urgh! She's MY LITTLE SISTER, and she's TALLER THAN I AM, and STILL in MIDDLE SCHOOL! It's sooooo not fair.......) is based on MY real Biology teacher, who's evil incarnate I tell ya.